Skein-holder



No. 607 674. P

atented 1 v m. A. ARROWSMITH. y l9, I898 SKEIN HOLDER.

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SKEIN-VHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,674, dated July 19,1898.

Application filed April 20, 1898. SerialNo. 678,210. (No model.)

' into balls or as a convenient holder for the same while the yarn isbeing consumed, and

comprises the novel features of construction which will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a view of the device opened, showing a skein in placethereon; and Fig. 2 is a cross-section, partly broken away,through aportion of the device when closed;

My device comprises, essentially, three bars or fingers A, B, and O,which are connected at one end by a pivot, which consists, as shown inthe drawings, of a bolt D, provided with a thumb-nut E, and by means ofwhich the fin- I gers may be clamped in any position desired. Thesefingers are connected by a flexible Web F, which stops short of theirouter ends, leav ing said ends projecting somewhat, so as toconveniently receive and hold the skein.

WVhen not in use, the device may-be closed up, the three fingers beingplaced parallel with each other. When in use, the device is expanded tothe degree desired. The skein G is placed upon the device as indicatedin Fig. 1. One end of the skein is placed over the end of the finger A,and the skein is then passed about the device and the web F and overthe'outer edge of the finger C. It is then brought up over the finger Band the Web connecting the fingers A and B and then again about thefinger C, the end of the skein finally terminating on the central fingerB. Care should be taken in putting the skein in place that it is nottwisted;

WVhere the skeins are short, one turn about the device may be omitted.The same device may be made to accommodate skeins of con siderabledifference in size, either by omitting one turn of the skein about thedevice or by expanding or contracting the fingers thereof. The strandsof the skein may then be Wound off without the skein becoming tangled.WVhen the skein is properly put in place, it will be found as convenientto use the yarn directly from the skein as to first wind the same into aball. The device will conveniently and securely hold the skein until ithas been entirely consumed. It is cheap in its construction, doesnottake up much room, and is a device of great convenience.

, Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A skein-holder, comprising radiatingfingers provided with a clamping or securing mechanism, and having aflexible connectingweb stopping short of the outer ends of the fingers,substantially as described.

2. A skein-holder, consisting of radiating fingers adjustably secured bya bolt and thumb-nut at one end, and having a flexible connecting-webstopping short of the outer ends of the fingers, substantially asdescribed.

MARY A. ARROWSMITH.

Witnesses:

H. L. REYNOLDS, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

